Massie Be Gone Cafe

—Disinformation Expert Ace

@JooBernardoCor1

Might be Portugal, based on his other photos.

Cool costume. Or it would be, if Star Wars weren't for Gay Nerds.

Rescuing a gosling.

I've never seen regret like the look on the face of this lizard.

Shaving a cat's belly.

Aw, depressed doodle. Buck up little feller!

MISSILE X-ING.

Super leap.

Cat cam.

This is why they call mantas "the Bunnies of the Sea."

Goodbye Massie: Decision Desk Projects Ed Gallrein will be the Republican Nominee for KY-4
Fox Calls It Too

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Fox just called it for Gallrein.

Posted by: JackStraw (hophead)

Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey-ey-ey, goodbye...

Henry Olsen
@henryolsenEPPC

44m

Very bad sign for Massie: Gallrein leads by 10% in the copious early vote from Kenton. This is where Massie needed to win big.

NBC News is noticing underperformance for Massie and overperformance for Gallrein in rural areas.

Posted by: whig

@EricLDaugh

25m

🚨 JUST NOW: NBC reports that Ed Gallrein is out-performing SENATE candidate Andy Barr in some Kentucky locations, who was also endorsed by Trump

Gallrein is winning the early and election day vote in key counties, with more expected to come in

Massie needs election day strength to flip the race

Posted by: whig

And they called the race for Andy Barr, commenters report.

Massie's army of RaNd PaUl!!! spammers and Middle Eastern bots are insisting that his posting of a 2022 endorsement with the date stripped off while pretending it's a current endorsement was Akshually True In a Way, If You Think About It.

Quick Hits

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Some of you are approaching 29 years old and so might have learned that any time a Republican defeats a Democrat, it's an Assault on Democracy (TM), and Democrats rush to change the law to forbid whatever fascist factors caused Democracy to Die in Darkness.

The fan-made pro-Spencer-Prat ads are funny, and are persuading people, so Democrats have decided that these are "AI Deep Fakes" which are tricking the stupid sheep voters into believing that Karen Bass is the Joker, Kamala Harris is the Riddler, and Spencer Pratt is some kind of hybrid Superman/Batman superhero.

The people must be protected against this kind of RUSSIAN Misinformation.

So they're agitating to ban all fan-made AI ads:

Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger

5h

Governments should censor AI "deep fake" videos, many say, because they threaten democracy. But there is no evidence they ever have. The reason legacy gatekeepers are panicking is that AI disrupts their business model and fuels underdogs like LA mayoral candidate @spencerpratt

AI-generated "deepfake" photos and videos, like the ones being put out by supporters of Los Angeles Mayoral candidate @spencerpratt, are a threat to democracy, say many. "These Pratt social videos are catchy but...they are also 100% deep fakes," said political consultant @murphymike. "In fact, Pratt for Mayor is the most AI deep fake-driven campaign I've ever seen.... There is no disclaimer on them. They're not officially from his campaign... not sure who's paying for this stuff."

The people think that Kamala Harris is the Riddler who drives around in a Riddlermobile?

The ads depict LA as a post-apocalyptic hellhole. This is obviously a parody that no one believes.

Wait a tic... they do believe this.

But they recognize the AI ads as an exaggeration of the truth.

...

Deepfakes, argued the Brookings Institution in 2023, "threaten to undermine" the "trusted information environment" democracies depend on. "Government needs to step up to protect elections from AI-generated deepfake video and audio," demanded the progressive Brennan Center in 2024. Stanford researchers warned that political deepfakes remain easy to generate and difficult to detect.

I personally had little difficulty telling the difference between the Castroist Communist Incompetent Karen Bass and the fictitious comic book character The Joker. I mean, they do share an ideology of chaos and misery, but they are plainly distinct.

Governments are acting. State legislatures have targeted election speech, satire, and political ads that use altered images or voices.

But the facts do not support deepfake alarmism, which activists, journalists, and policymakers are using to impose censorship.

The Spencer Pratt advertisements are obviously fake...

And a 2025 Cambridge paper on deepfakes and democracy concluded that, despite years of warnings, "there is no evidence" that deepfakes have produced the predicted election interference.

The idea that Pratt's viral AI-made ads undermine democracy is absurd. Filmmaker @charliebcurran produced a 99-second Batman-themed AI-made ad on May 5, 2026.

The ad depicts Mayor Karen Bass in Joker makeup, Governor Gavin Newsom dressed as a male Marie Antoinette eating cake, former Vice President Kamala Harris chugging vodka while declaring "Bass already solved crime, I endorse her," and Councilmember Nithya Raman as a puppet saying "let's move the drug addicts closer."

As such, the Pratt ads make the fraud theory of political deepfakes even harder to sustain. A nonpartisan researcher told CBS Sacramento that "as far as we know, Spencer Pratt is not Batman." Noted one strategist, "the Spencer Pratt spot is exactly what AI should be, which is using innovation and technology to make an interesting ad that is not trying to fool voters."

So why all the deep fake alarmism?...

Because Democrats are losing and that means Democracy Has Failed Yet Again.

Post here with a video report.

Here's another ad. Most people can tell that this is a humorous ad. And this ad featuring Spencer Pratt as a Lego character in a Lego LA sure is deceptive. You and I may know that real people aren't made of Legos, but some people -- Democrat voters -- might be stupid enough to believe it's all really real. And we must Protecc Retards.

Note the people complaining that ads showing a Lego Spencer Pratt must be criminalized because their retard voters might think they're real are the exact people who have pushed the Very Fine People Hoax for ten years straight.

Three months ago, Thomas Massie -- who today lied to voters and claimed a 2022 endorsement was a current endorsement -- smeared Trump as part of the "(((Epstein Class)))."

If you don't think he's trying to smear Trump as a Dirty Jew Sympathizer, you haven't seen him claiming that only (((outside))) Jewish money is causing him to lose his race. Meanwhile, Massie is funded by California far-leftists and Middle Easterners. America First, baby!

Weird how none of Massie's fervent internet defenders can keep the word "Jew" out of their mouths for a single sentence:

Update: Unbelievable. Trump told Massie to take down the false endorsement and Massie doubled down and posted another fake endorsement.

See, he's funny. He's a funny Democrat Nazi.

Cavernous Nostril Now Glazes The Man She Used to Accuse of Having Sexually Molested Her Underaged Niece, Back When That Was Her Grift

—Disinformation Expert Ace

But her new grift is antisemitism and cultivating a Nazi-curious Horseshoe Fusion political movement.

I'm so annoyed I'll even link a Jake Tapper post (just for the clip he's embedded).

It's almost as if Cavernous Nostrils is a sociopath who will say literally anything to manipulate people and extract money from them.

Disgraceful RINO Grifter Tom Massie is Now Sending Out Texts Claiming Trump Endorsed Him Rather Than His Opponent

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Fuck this guy in the pinecone.

Sociopaths love lying to people. Duping people makes them feel powerful and intelligent and masterful.

When actually they're just degenerates who do not possess the simple but powerful moral inhibition against lying that normal people do.

Because normal people have trouble lying, they have difficulty detecting truly brazen lies by psychopaths completely unbothered by lying. Normal people who are bothered personally by lying cannot even imagine just lying about big things that can be easily checked, so brazen sociopaths can pass lies by them sometimes.

"No one would be so brazen," they think, wrongly.

And then Candace Owens dupes millions of normal but bored and dimbulb Millennial housewives who think she must be telling the truth because, well, no one would be so brazen!

Candace Owens makes her rent money based on this exploit. Most normal people think that someone will, if they're lying, avert their eyes and cough and show other signs of internal stress, so they think that they can detect most lies.

Well, they can detect most liars because most liars are normal people who do experience internal stress when they're lying.

Then there are the psychopaths like Candace Owens and Tom "Pinecone" Massie, who do not stammer and blink when they lie, but grin ear-to-ear because they love lying. Normal people do not detect these lies because, well, what kind of maniac would become almost sexually excited by lying?

They think it's their superpower.

And it is, in a way. It's a gift of Satan.

Katy Tur: When Speaker Mike Johnson Said That God Imbues People With Inalienable Rights, Was He Attempting to "Put God Over the Declaration of Independence"?

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Katy Tur is a moderately pretty girl with a nice rack.

That is the only reason she is on TV "news."

Keith Olbermann used to sleep with her and claimed that she was so stupid that he had to rewrite all of "her" news articles for her, because they were poorly written and pointless. Typical case of an old bent gangly dweeb having to do the hot girl's homework for her.

But I do imagine that he's telling the truth about this one thing.

Katy Tur heard Speaker Johnson refer to the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence -- the lines that say that men are imbued with inalienable rights by their "Creator," rights which cannot be set aside by the government because they do not originate with the government, but with God himself -- and is so uneducated and so stupid that she thought Johnson was inserting that language into the Declaration of Independence himself, and thereby attempting to inject This God Person into the atheistic document.

Unbelievable. Except it is believable.

John Sexton:

I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise given that this was broadcast on MSNOW, but somehow it still surprises me. Katy Tur was asking her panel of guests about something that Speaker Mike Johnson had said Sunday at the "Rededicate 250" rally on the mall in Washington, DC.

I watched Mike Johnson's prayer in front of the crowd and this is the line that Tur is reacting to:

Those voices have seeked to distort the self-evident truth that we know so well, that our founders boldly proclaimed in the Declaration: That our rights do not derive from the government. They come from you, our creator and heavenly father.

Here's Tur's reaction when bringing it up on MSNOW to her panel of guests.

What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government? They come from you, our creator and heavenly father. Is this him putting God over the Declaration of Independence?

This is not some arcane political trivia, obviously. These are among the most-quoted lines in human political history. "When in the course of human events..." is routinely quoted by sixth graders.

Katie Tur is entirely unqualified for this job or any other job that isn't centered on an OnlyFans account. She got the gig by fucking Keith Olbermann, and only kept it because 10% of MSNOW's audience consists of angry lesbians and even a smattering of effeminate yet straight men who wonder what she looks like naked.

Trump Endorses Ken Paxton for Senate

—Disinformation Expert Ace

It's a bit late but hopefully it will swing enough votes to put another RINO out on the street outside of MSNOW begging to go on camera for five minutes to pitch his podcast.

Correction: The runoff is next Tuesday, not today as I originally claimed. (I saw a stupid media article saying the runoff was "this week," yesterday.)

Thanks to hobbitpoly.

Nick Sortor @nicksortor

🚨 BREAKING -- IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump has endorsed KEN PAXTON in the Republican primary for US Senate in Texas

John Cornyn is DOOMED.

"I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER! Ken is a Strong Supporter of TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER and, very importantly, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT"

More:

The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, an America First Patriot, and someone who has always been extremely loyal to me and our AMAZING MAGA MOVEMENT, is running for the United States Senate, to represent a place I love and WON, BIG, three times, with 6.4 Million Votes in 2024 (The Most Votes in the History of the State, BY FAR)!

I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER! Ken is a Strong Supporter of TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER and, very importantly, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, something which polls at 87%, including Dumocrats, and yet can't seem to get approved. Perhaps Ken can help move these important elements of Government forward because with the Filibuster, as an example, the Democrats will terminate it on their First Day in Office, giving us two extra States, D.C. and Puerto Rico, and a greatly enlarged Supreme Court of the United States, probably going with their Dream Number of 21 Justices from the 9 that we currently have -- And these new Justices will be Radical Left Lunatics! Two years ago, our Country was DEAD -- Now we have the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World -- And I want to keep it that way. Ken Paxton will help me do that, MAKING AMERICA BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!

Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate. He will tirelessly fight to continue the Great Growth of our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations (I just delivered the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts in American History!), and Advance MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Champion Texas Oil & Gas, Advocate for our Amazing Farmers and Ranchers, Promote School Choice, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Support our Incredible Military/Veterans, Safeguard our Elections, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment.

John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough and, despite having the Most Successful Economy in the History of our Country during my First Term and, with all of the many other things that I accomplished (Secure Border, Military Dominance, Space Force, All Time High Stock Markets and 401(k)s, Record Job and Economic Growth, and so many other things that would be impossible to readily list!), which are considered by many to be legendary, John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency, itself, both of which were Landslide Victories and, more importantly, gave us the Country that we have today -- THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA (and when we finish up with Iran, which will not be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon, you will see numbers that have never been generated by our Country before!), as opposed to the DISASTER of the previous Administration.

Ken Paxton has gone through a lot, in many cases, very unfairly, but he is a Fighter, and knows how to WIN. Our Country needs Fighters, and also Loyalty to the Cause of Greatness. We can never allow what happened to the United States of America during the Corrupt Biden Administration, to happen again. In Texas alone, just look at the Border, with the Highest Level Criminals allowed to run through your State, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Border Policy that was a Laughingstock all over the World. I came in, and fixed it, IMMEDIATELY. I will not permit those dark and dangerous days to come back! WE HAVE ALREADY MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, BUT NOW, WE WANT TO MAKE OUR NATION BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. Therefore, Ken Paxton has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next United States Senator from the Great State of Texas -- KEN PAXTON WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!

Should have passed the SAVE Act, Thune.

I cannot overstate how important and salutary it is to establish that the voters will discipline and eject nonperforming office-holders who do not vote the way the voters want them to. If this becomes a permanent trend, it will be one of the most important accomplishments of the Trump years.

"Teen Takeovers" Are Now Common in Blue Cities; Media Begins Pushing Idea That Violent Teen Orcs Don't Need Jail Time, Just "Youth Centers" They Can Fight In and Destroy Instead of Chipotles

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Blue cities have allowed rowdy, often violent "teens" to take over the streets and private citizens' businesses for more than a year.

The "teens" are often "mostly peaceful."

Blue cities do not arrest them or prosecute them because they've decided that minorities, especially "teen" minorities, are generally immune to the law.

And how's that going?

A gang of violent juveniles has been captured on video involved in a wild all-out brawl in a Washington, DC, Chipotle outlet Saturday night with chairs alternatively being thrown and used as weapons as the wild melee unfolded.

In the background shrieks can be heard from those forced to watch the delinquent fisticuffs on display.

A spokesperson with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has since said they are aware of this incident and are investigating, ABC 7News reports.

Ken Ledet, who lives in the Navy Yard, told 7News he has seen chaotic scenes like this in recent months.

"It's not shocking anymore, since this has become routine on Saturdays and Friday nights, but it's disappointing to know this is still happening," Ledet told the outlet.

This is feral:

The Morning Rant

—CBD

"America First" isn't just a tag line. It distills a very simple idea that has been lost for a very long time. In fact, it is best seen as a warning to the gaggle of politicians and pundits whose every waking hour is consumed by the notion of a new world order that supersedes the normal human condition of nationalism and patriotism.

Put simply, "America First" is the entirely unremarkable idea that the function of the American government is to protect and defend the interests of the American people, American culture and society, and the American economy.

There is no addendum or subsection that requires American blood and treasure to be spent on any other country, unless it furthers the interests of America.Our alliances must be of benefit to America, or they should be discarded. And most of all, The conduct of America should be entirely self-governed, without any subservience to outside interests. The United Nations, the World Health Organization, NATO, the EU, OPEC, and a host of other international organizations constantly seek to force American subservience to their rules and mandates. Even sovereign countries try to hold America and Americans to their laws. The UK recently beclowned itself (even more than usual) by announcing that they will prosecute Americans for violations of the UK's draconian on-line hate speech laws.

And here we have a particularly egregious violation of our sovereignty by the EU, which has a bug up its pompous, superior, elitist ass when it comes to big bad American corporations being better and more efficient than European companies.

From Brasília to Brussels: Trump Should Broaden His 301 Offensive.

Earlier this year, iRobot, the company that made the Roomba, filed for bankruptcy and was sold off to a Chinese supplier. The cause was a decision made in Brussels, three years ago, to block Amazon’s rescue offer. Thusly, an American company was regulated out of existence by a foreign bureaucracy. A Chinese competitor inherited the spoils, which is a fair summary of how the European Union’s (EU) so-called consumer protections work in the real world.

iRobot is no isolated case. The EU has built an entire regulatory architecture for precisely this purpose, with two pieces of legislation: the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), marketed as consumer protection but functioning as industrial policy directed at firms headquartered in the United States.

In fact, five of the seven companies Brussels has designated as “gatekeepers” under the DMA are American. European competitors, on the other hand, are usually spared, and Chinese firms face notably lighter compliance pressure. It’s hardly an accident.

The EU and its mandarins are content to be overtaken by China, invaded by 3rd world Muslim hordes, and bought out by Gulf oil money. But competing with America and Americans? That is a bridge too far.

Europe is probably too far gone, but the Western Hemisphere is not, and an American-led regulatory structure that rewards innovation and hard work, and allows market forces to operate, will create the foundation for the economies on our side of the oceans to dominate.

The triad of Marco Rubio at State, Howard Lutnick at Commerce, and Scott Bessent at Treasury, understands this very well, and they should expand their pressure on our hemispheric partners to change the paradigm of the zero-sum economic game that the EU insists upon playing.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

Inventions of the Monsters
Salvador Dalí

Well...okay. It's art.

But my overriding though is: "So what?"

The Morning Report — 5/ 19/26

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning kids. So two teenagers went on a deadly shooting spree at a San Diego mosque yesterday. Here's what's known so far:

"Outside the center were three adult men dead from gunshot wounds, according to San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl, who spoke to the media after the shooting."

horrible on every level.

The alleged gunmen in a shooting rampage that left three people dead outside a San Diego mosque have been identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez, according to a law enforcement source.

At least one of the suspects took a weapon from their parents’ home and left a suicide note that talked about racial pride, a law enforcement source told The Post.

Clark attended Madison High School and was a standout wrestler, according to the school’s social media page. His grandfather, David Clark, 78, said: ”We’re very sorry for what happened. We know as much as you do. It’s a shock.” Clark and Velasquez were found dead inside a BMW from self-inflicted gunshot wounds only a few blocks from the Islamic Center of San Diego.

Anti-Islamic writings were found in the suspects’ vehicle and “hate speech” was written on the firearms used in the shooting, according to the source.

Let me state in no uncertain terms that this is absolutely horrendous to anyone who believes in and desires to live in a civilized society. Speaking of which, my personal feelings and opinions about Islam are no secret to anyone who has read my columns and listened to me speak on the podcast over these past few years and for sure as an American, a Jew and as one who is a student of history. Islam was, is, and a highly unlikely reformation of its core tenets regarding those whom it considers infidels and subhuman, notwithstanding, always will be a violent tyrannical totalitarian death cult that will seek the conquest of humanity and the world, as it has done for nearly 1500 years.

Does that mean I advocate or implore anyone who reads and hears my words to go out and do what these two maniacs did, absolutely no. But to be a follower of Islam is to go out and commit the most abhorrent acts of violence or at the very least to cheer on those who do, as we saw on the rooftops of Jersey City as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed into flaming heaps and in Israel in the wake of the October 7 mass wave assault from Gaza. Those being but two examples of the oceans of blood and tears spilled in the name of advancing Islam.

The question of course is how to prevent these things from happening in the first place. Since Islam is not compatible and indeed completely antithetical to civilized society, further immigration to the west of Muslims should cease, and any attempts to impose Sharia law or to establish Islamic jurisdictions/political boundaries/communities et al as is being attempted in Texas among other places must be resisted by every LEGAL means necessary.

Of course the Democrat/Left will interpret/bastardize my words, which echo individuals such as Robert Spencer, Pam Geller and others into "Go out and shoot up mosques or hunt down Muslims!"

Shoot up a synagogue, a church, a Christmas parade and get a pat on the back.

And on a not entirely unrelated note, there's this:

A trio of bloodthirsty fans of accused assassin Luigi Mangione — who were granted press passes by City Hall — spouted vile hate and unapologetic calls for political violence from a Manhattan courthouse steps Monday. Self-proclaimed “Mangionistas” Abril Rios, Ashley Rojas and Lena Weissbrot proudly showed off the passes they received from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, apparently for their online content documenting Mangione’s upcoming trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. But the credentialed “reporters” chillingly made no bones about supporting Mangione’s alleged vendetta to strike fear into the hearts of healthcare executives such as Thompson.

Have a good day!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Victor Davis Hanson: America has repeatedly been declared a dying empire, yet every rival—from Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union to China—has ultimately fallen short of US power and resilience.
  America: The Real Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

• At least one of the suspects took a weapon from their parents’ home and left a suicide note that talked about racial pride, a law enforcement source told The Post.
  San Diego mosque shooter Cain Clark identified as former high school wrestler

Daily Tech News 19 May 2026

—Pixy Misa

• Intel has started shipping Nova Lake... Engineering samples. (WCCFTech)
  
  Linked from that article is a tweet that announces the news and pronounces AMD's Zen 6 dead on arrival because Nova Lake is just so much faster.
  
  Not mentioned in the tweet (but listed in the article) is that the full dual-die models of Nova Lake will consume up to 700W.

Overnight Open Thread [05/18/2026]

—CBD

I knew that the Yukon River was long, but almost 2,000 miles long? Pretty impressive! I first learned about the Yukon River from Jack London in The Call of the Wild, and White Fang. And because I was a kid, I dug into a lot of his other stories, which were chock full of the Yukon River. It has been awhile, but one collection of short stories, called Smoke Bellew, still resonates.

I think I wanted to be a gold prospector in Alaska for a few years, and of course have a dog just like White Fang!

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[Hat Tip: TC]

That has certainly morphed into communist and communist-adjacent, although their end game is just the same. One day American schools will once again teach the evils of communism, and we will be much better off as a country.

Maybe I am naive, but I am genuinely puzzled by people who are true believers. As a political philosophy, it is so transparently false that it is difficult to comprehend the suspension of logic and the discarding of knowledge of the human condition that is necessary to believe in it.

The bosses are a different issue. They want power, and are willing to do anything to get it and exercise it. THAT I understand, because it is sadly part of the human condition.

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German Tourist Killed by Cobra Bite at Egypt Hotel Snake Show

According to PEOPLE, the 57-year-old man, from the Unterallgäu region of Germany, was traveling with two family members when the incident occurred. The resort had staged a snake show for guests featuring two cobras, during which the snake charmer moved through the audience encouraging guests to handle the snakes and drape them around their necks.

During the show, the cobra found its way into the man’s clothing and struck him in the leg. The venom took effect quickly — he needed emergency resuscitation at the scene before being rushed to a hospital, where doctors were unable to save him. He has not been publicly identified.

This is me being naive again. Are there really people who are so stupid and oblivious that they think having a cobra slither around your neck as part of the night's entertainment is a good idea?
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It's small and tough to read, but damn, it is funny!

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Train collides with sewage truck in a shitty turn of events in Chesapeake,VA.
No fatalities reported just a lot of nausea. pic.twitter.com/aNhttnmgTd

— Iron Horse (@ironcanary) May 14, 2026

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Bob Dylan is widely described as Rock's greatest poet.

Bullshit.

In the real world, Paul Simon should be considered modern music's best bard, simply because he is slightly less pompous. Add in a tremendous number of fine songs with fine, poetic lyrics, and little Bobby is merely a pretender to the throne. And his enthusiastic participation in politics, while probably good for his career, is grating. Plus, "Hurricane" is a terrible song, and Ruben Carter was a thug, and my guess is that he did the crime.

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Mrs. Robinson
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The Boxer
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle
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And yes...FIGHT ME!
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And in other music news:

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An early look at Bono's pomposity...

Maybe one more...

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[Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian]

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Close it up

Lahaina Noon Cafe

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Where's my money bitch?!!

Cats get paid, man.

Husky dramatic exit.

An echidna.

A hyrax.

Rats enjoy driving little rat-cars.

Pet rabbit meets wild rabbit.

Fruit bat enjoys a banana.

Greyhound who washed out of racing is adopted and loves his first toy.

Polar bear joins Polar Bear Club, immediately wins presidency in a walk.

Quick Hits

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Black dead ringer for Malcolm X Steve Cohen announces he won't be running in the new antigerrymandered Tennessee 9th district.

He's retiring to spend more time with his Bucket Chicken.

Cohen said he was retiring from Congress and public life, "This is by far the most difficult moment I've had as an elected official," he said. He claimed the people "wanted me again."

Cohen said he "considered" running in one of the newly-drawn districts, but he said they are "nothing like the ninth district that I've represented."

But even in that, he couldn't make a simple statement without throwing a bit of a fit.

He said he won't run for reelection in his district, with a caveat: "If the courts will give two more years to that district ... I will run for that office."

"I don't want to quit. I'm not a quitter. But these districts were drawn to beat me."

Translation? He knows he wouldn't win.

Also, that Justin X manlet says he's running.

Why do old liberal cows all think they can dance?

Jonathan Lemire, a leftwing propagandist and frequent panelist on Morning Joe, says that Trump now needs to face the same scrutiny about his age that Joe Biden did.

Note that Jonathan Lemire blocked that scrutiny of Biden every step of the way.

A liberal New York judge has, of course, excluded key evidence against the left's Cassanova Killer Luigi Mangione. But the gun and the diary -- the most important evidence -- remains in.

Fox:

A New York judge has ruled that some key evidence seized from Luigi Mangione's backpack during his arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald's is inadmissible at trial, while some of it can still be shown to jurors, including the suspected murder weapon.

Judge Gregory Carro's written ruling was posted online ahead of a hearing Monday morning. He agreed with the defense argument that a search of Mangione's backpack at McDonald's was unconstitutional because it had been moved away from arm's reach, however, he found that a subsequent search of the bag at the police station was lawful. During that search, an officer found the handgun allegedly used in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50.

He also found that most of Mangione's statements to police in Pennsylvania would be admissible, except for some made about his alleged fake ID after police read him his Miranda warning.

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh

🚨 NOW: The judge has just ruled IN FAVOR of assassin Luigi Mangione by SUPPRESSING evidence the cops found inside his backpack

Utter madness.

The jury will NOT learn about:
- Bullet magazine
- Cellphone
- Passport
- Wallet
- Computer chip

TOTALLY OMITTED from the jury.

The judge says the Mangione was ILLEGALLY searched because they took his bag after the shooting without a warrant.

The gun and diary will still be allowed in trial evidence.

Mamdani gave press passes to a couple of antifa-aligned "reporters" who announced, in their "reporting" on the Mangione hearing, that Brian Thompson deserved to be murdered and his children were better off without him.

Molly Crane-Newman @molcranenewman

"I'm saying fuck Brian Thompson. I don't give a flying fuck he died," says Ashley Rojas, wearing her press badge provided by @NYCMayorsOffice. Lena Weissbrot adds that Thompson's teenage sons "are better off without him" and should "enjoy the blood money."

Whoops: I got this one backwards. Dana Loesch tried to book Tom "Pinecone" Massie but he seems butthurt.

Nice work, Mayor Karen: wildfires break out in southern California again.

Still not clearing that brush, huh?

Unfortunately, on Monday, a fast-moving wildfire broke out in Simi Valley, a Ventura County city about 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Over 200 acres have caught on fire and evacuations have been ordered. The images coming out are disturbing.

JD Vance, Pete Hegseth Blast Flakey Fetish Weirdo Tom "Pinecone" Massie In Last Push in Primary Election

—Disinformation Expert Ace

But before that the positive case for Ed Gallrein, SEAL and farmer, and the next congressman for Kentucky District 4.

This contest between Massie and Gallrein marks the first time that the incumbent congressman has faced a one-on-one primary.

There is no doubt that this is his toughest race. Voters here have said they've moved away from him, not because of his quarreling with Trump, but because he's made it about himself, not them.

In contrast, Gallrein, a multigeneration Kentuckian with decades of service in the U.S. military, is a relative newcomer to politics. He ran once in a crowded primary race for state senate in 2024, ultimately losing by just a smidge more than 100 votes.

Gallrein spent time away from Kentucky while he was in the military, but it didn't take Kentucky out of him. His drawl is rich and deliberate, and his manners are impeccable. He retired 12 years ago and went right back to getting a little soil under his nails. His family also runs a popular destination farm in Shelby County, in the western stretch of the 4th Congressional District.

In our interview, Gallrein said that he grew up on the family dairy farm, "Which is a contact sport, and for five generations we've been farming in Kentucky for over a hundred years down on the river bottoms," he said.

His military bearing hasn't left him either. When he speaks, he commands the room, which draws the attention of voters interested in learning something new, as he did Thursday night at a GOP dinner in Kenton County.

Gallrein stepped up to the podium. And after connecting with voters over football rivalries, he got right to the point. A call to service led him to join the military, but also to farming and running for Congress.

"President Reagan inspired me to serve in 1983. There were no books or movies [on the SEALs] when I signed up for the SEALs from the farm field in Kentucky. So I left Kentucky and chose the hardest path I could to serve our nation because I had the audacity to think I could make a difference," he said.

Gallrein, who rose to become a Navy SEAL officer and had a career that spanned three decades, said, "I served this nation leading missions around the world on seven different SEAL teams, including multiple times on SEAL Team Six, earning four bronze stars."

Gallrein told the Washington Examiner that when his military service ended, he proudly came home to Kentucky. "Back to the farm, back to my family, back to serving veterans, and I thought my time was over."

That was until Trump reached out to Gallrein last fall to come to the White House for a visit.

"Thirty minutes into that conversation on Oct. 17, President Trump said, 'Ed, I don't have two consecutive terms like President Reagan to enact the agenda that I was overwhelmingly elected to deliver. Every year matters, every month matters, every week matters, every day matters. And every vote in the Congress and Senate matters.'"

Gallrein said that Trump told him, "You need to serve our nation again."

"Then it hit me hard," Gallrein said. "Because I'd already lived a life of sacred obligation as a career SEAL officer, leading troops all around the world. Some who didn't come home. They gave their all."

So Gallrein went home, fed the livestock that night, talked with his family, prayed on it, went to church, and made the same decision he made in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan inspired him. "Duty, honor, country. If not me, who? If not now, when?"

Cultural Enrichment Watch

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Smirkley @Smirkley

20h

> be Samuel Opoku, Pee Pee Poo Poo Man
> born in Ghana but arrive in Canada because skilled points system
> fill bucket with liquefied human feces put on construction hardhat as disguise walk into a Toronto university library and dump fences on a woman and child and repeat at different university library
> do it to five more victims
> people make http://change.org
petition to free you because why not
> never face a trial because Canada
> sexually assault a bunch of women

A Ghanan migrant has repeatedly poured a bucket filled with human piss and shit on to the heads of women and children.

And now he's sexually assaulted two women.

This is hardcore cultural enrichment.

No action is being taken against him because it's Canada.

A homeless deviant who terrorized Toronto with a series of vile poop-bucket attacks in 2019 has been arrested in connection with two alleged sexual assaults, cops said.

Samuel Opoku, 30, a vagrant whose grotesque fecal assaults earned him the nickname "The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man" in a 2024 indie film chronicling the malodorous crime spree, was picked up May 12 and charged with two counts of sexual assault and indecent exposure.

In the first incident May 9, a group of women were walking on the sidewalk when he approached them and made sexual advances toward one of the women, grabbing her forearm.

He then allegedly sexually assaulted her and fled, according to police.

A day later, Opoku followed a woman into a commercial office building and allegedly sexually assaulted her after approaching her from behind before running away again.

...

Court documents confirm the suspect is the same man previously busted for the fecal attacks, according to Toronto Today.

Opoku's earlier flush with the law came after he was arrested for throwing buckets of "liquefied feces" at five random people in Toronto in 2019 in a series of attacks that even turned the stomachs of seasoned police veterans.

"A young girl had a bucket of waste, feces, dumped on her," police Constable David Hopkinson said at the time, according to the Toronto Star. "I don't know what to say, I'm at a loss, this is absolutely disgusting."

One of the attacks happened outside the University of Toronto around midnight, when he dumped a bucket filled with liquid waste all over an unsuspecting woman.

Days later, he entered the school's John P. Robarts library armed with another bucket of excrement, which he poured on two people who were seated at a table.

He attacked five people in the same horrifying manner over four days, including three women, one man and a child, according to CBC.

Opuko was charged with five counts of assault with a weapon and five counts of mischief interfering with property.

His lawyer argued his client was suffering from mental health problems and he was released after just three weeks in custody on $1,000 bail.

He returned to court in December 2019, but the conclusion of his case was not known.

Mental health problems huh?

There's a lot of that going around.

A Muslim with "mental health problems" just rammed his car into eight people in Italy, crushing one woman's legs completely.

He then stabbed someone who attempted to stop him.

Unite the Kindom Rally Draws Tens of Thousands

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Starmer-aligned police claim that around 60,000 showed up, but I don't believe them. It looks well in excess of 100,000 to me.

Bari Weiss' CBS News still calls it "far right" despite it being mainstream.

To the communist media, "far right" merely means "anti-leftwing extremist."

Police estimated that around 60,000 people attended the "Unite the Kingdom" march, making it one of the largest right-wing mobilizations seen in Britain in recent years, though smaller than a similar Robinson-led rally last September. Robinson is the founder of the nationalist and anti-Islamist English Defence League and is one of the most influential far-right figures in Britain.

Crowds carrying St. George's Cross and Union flags marched through central London chanting "we want Starmer out" and "Christ is King." Some wore red "Make England Great Again" hats, echoing President Trump's Make America Great Again movement.

People cited a range of reasons for attending, but many described feeling ignored by the government and alarmed by the direction of the country.

Christian imagery was highly visible throughout the demonstration. Protesters carried large wooden crosses, waved crucifixes and some dressed as Knights Templar. Chris Wickland, who described himself as a priest from the Confessing Anglican Church, told CBS News he was there "to represent Christianity," adding that "something is disappearing from our culture and from our nation ... and that was Christianity."

Good. I find that right-leaning political movements that are not leavened by Christianity tend to get weird and nasty.

Another man, draped in an Israeli flag, said he wanted to "bring back Judeo-Christian values to this nation." He said he was not Jewish or Israeli, but described himself as a British Protestant who believed Israel had "always been an ally to the United Kingdom."

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There was also a visible Iranian opposition presence, with some demonstrators waving pre-revolutionary Iranian flags. One Iranian man told CBS News he was there to "stand against all people who want to tear down the country."

Speaking from a stage in Parliament Square, Robinson urged supporters to become politically active ahead of the next general election.

"If we don't send a message in our next election, if you don't register to vote, if you don't get involved, if you don't become activists, we are going to lose our country forever," he told the crowd.

Robinson also praised billionaire Elon Musk for his public support.

"None of this would have happened if it wasn't for one man. Thank you Elon, on behalf of Great Britain," Robinson said, prompting thousands in the crowd to chant "Elon."

It should be noted that the march was "mostly peaceful," and by "Mostly peaceful," I mean nearly 100% peaceful, despite Queer Starmer's attempt to gin up hatred and violence against the marchers, and incite the police to bust skulls. Police were praised for being professional -- perhaps they sense that Queer Starmer is weak and on his way out, and declined his open invitation to beat up his political opponents.

Queer is, reportedly, talking about resigning and claims to want an orderly transition. Frankly I've heard this before. He sounds like the IRGC pitching new "peace plans."

Another Labour MP resigned:

Sky News @SkyNews

5h

BREAKING: Labour MP Josh Simons has officially resigned from parliament, it has been confirmed.

And another MP demanded Starmer resign:

Daid Shaw
@David90shaw

🚨 BREAKING: The Labour rebellion has officially reached the Red Wall. Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash just published a brutal open letter demanding Keir Starmer resign and set a strict departure timetable. He warned that pretending everything is fine after the local election wipeout is a total insult to the British public.

Video of the "60,000" marching towards Parliament. Here's a higher view of the march.

Despite Queer Starmer blocking foreign speakers from attending, Nick Shirley managed to get in, somehow.

By the way, leftwing protesters urged the crowd to "Shoot him [Tommy Robinson] in the neck, just like Charlie Kirk!" Despite Queer Starmer's vow to use "the full force of the law" to pound "far-wing extremist hate" into submission, no arrests were made.

Curious!

With Two Republicans Leading the California Gubernatorial Primary, Democrats Plot to Change the Rules Mid-Election So That a Democrat Will Be in the Runoff

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

May 17

HERE WE GO 🚨 California Democrats are making a move to rig the Governor's race

Democrats are putting forth a new ballot initiative to repeal the "Top 2" candidate rule that takes the 2 leading candidates, because the 2 leading candidates are Republicans

"A new ballot initiative has been filed to repeal the state's top-two primary and return it to a party-based primary where voters like you would only vote for candidates in your own registered party"

The man behind this is Steve Maviglio, he's the former communications director for Governor Gray Davis

He's not some random nobody. Steve Maviglio a longtime Democratic insider, he's a top Democrat operative

He filed paperwork with the state to change the rules of the game now that Democrats are losing

Keep in mind, this "Top 2" system is the same system that locked out Republicans for 15 years

But now that it's going to lock Democrats out they're turning to their rigged elections to maintain power and change the rules

Woke_Resistance @tyranny_stop

May 17

🚨California Democrats are advancing a ballot initiative to repeal the Top Two primary system...now that Republicans lead in the Governor's race.

The same rule they long endorsed to sideline conservatives is suddenly unacceptable when it risks their hold on power. Their repeated claims of 'saving democracy' ring hollow. This is a blatant rule change to preserve dominance, nothing more.

A rule thats lasted over 15 years...disgusting hypocrisy exposed.

"Feeding Our Future" Looting Mastermind Aimee Bock: "I Struggle to See How" Ilhan "Omar" Wouldn't Have Known About the Pillaging of the American Taxpayer

—Disinformation Expert Ace

The Party of Looters & Shoters, continued.

I suppose this could just be a convict attempting to get a deal in exchange for her testimony.

But she's not really offering testimony. She doesn't claim that she knows Ilhan Omar was involved in the plot. She's speculating that Ilhan Omar must have known, which is not witness testimony, just speculation and kibbitzing.

And of course: she's right. It beggars belief that Ilhan "Omar" wasn't part of this.

The Minnesota "mastermind" of the state's massive COVID meal fraud claims "Squad" Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam.

Aimee Bock, founder of nonprofit Feeding Our Future, was convicted in March 2025 of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud for allegedly helping restaurant owners file fake or inflated claims during the pandemic to steal millions in child nutrition funds from the government.

She spoke to The Post by video call this week from Sherburne County Jail, where she is awaiting sentencing.

"I struggle to believe that she wouldn't have known," Bock said of Omar.

Dozens of members of Minnesota's Somali community have been convicted of fraudulently billing the state's Department of Education for millions of meals they claimed they served to low-income children during the COVID outbreak -- while pocketing much of the money.

Ilhan Omar's name came up six times in $250M fraud case -- after she loosened oversight of fed funded food programs

Bock has consistently denied knowingly participating in the fraud and insisted she tried to warn state officials. Her group would review the reimbursement paperwork sent by the local restaurants supposed to provide meals, send them out and then distribute the federal funds to them.

"The notion that I'm personally responsible for all of it . . . is so frustrating. I'm the only white person out of 80 or 90 individuals [charged in the fraud]. I'm the only one that doesn't speak the language," she added.

This comes close to testimony that could actually be introduced at court: She says that Ilhan "Omar" secured the waivers that allowed the fraud to continue with no oversight, verification, or inspection, and that every time one of those short-term waivers was about to expire -- which would allow inspectors to check up on the fraudster -- "Omar" intervened to protect the fraudsters.

But then, this is all public record.

Omar was instrumental in loosening the laws that set the stage for the scheme -- first by introducing the MEALS Act to Congress in March 2020, which allowed the US Department of Agriculture to issue waivers of school-meal requirements during the pandemic.

The waivers dramatically eased oversight of the federal programs by allowing restaurants to participate without any of the usual site inspections.

Omar would personally step in whenever those waivers ran out, allowing the rampant fraud to continue, Bock alleged.

"There had been a couple times early on that there were some gaps -- a waiver would be set to expire on maybe the 15th of a month, and then the renewal didn't kick in until the 1st," Bock claimed. "Because of course this was supposed to be a short-term thing . . . we were supposed to be home for two weeks."

Omar has been under fire since her wealth mysteriously jumped from almost nothing to up to $30 million in 2024, a windfall she tried to chalk up to an accounting error.

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